On Mandrake systems, the kernel .config that they used is copied to /boot,
so you can start from there by copying it to your new kernel directory as
.config and do a make oldconfig, then do the normal make xconfig or whatever
you prefer to shut off things like ISDN and ATM support.  It saves a little
time..  Then remember to copy _your_ .config back to /boot for next time.

It's a good idea to mount /boot read-only, good call Brian..

Later,
	Tony

Brian Densmore wrote:
> 
> Gene,
>  You might try recompiling the kernel with reiserfs or ext3 built in.
> Not as a module. It is almost certainly a module now (especially if it
> is the original kernel), and as such will be in the modules file in ...
> you guessed it, /boot. that is why you are having trouble. This is why I
> use ext2 for the /boot partition and make it a read-only filesystem.
> 
> HTH,
> Brian
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gene Dascher [mailto:gedascher@multiservice.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 8:24 AM
> > To: Kclug
> > Subject: RE: mandrake
> >
> >
> > Mandrake 8.2 is in beta, according to an article on slashdot.
> >  Apparently,
> > you'll be able to install it as small as 65MB!  I like
> > Mandrake, except for
> > one problem that I keep having.  I have installed 8.0 and 8.1
> > on a Dell
> > Inspiron laptop aith very few modifications.  The problem I
> > seem to have is
> > that somehow, in the normal usage of the laptop (I have a
> > dual-boot config
> > with Win98), it looses its ability to mount the /boot
> > partition!  The laptop
> > boots just fine in Linux, but when it is mounting the
> > different partitions,
> > it says it can't mount /dev/hda2 as /boot because the
> > filesystem does not
> > exist.  I first used ReiserFS, and then switched to EXT3, but it still
> > happens.  I don't know if it is because I have SuspendToDisk
> > enabled or
> > what, but I'm confused.  I think I will try the Gentoo or
> > LinuxFromScratch
> > this time to try and streamline the system more.
> >
> > Gene
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-kclug@marauder.illiana.net
> > > [mailto:owner-kclug@marauder.illiana.net]On Behalf Of
> > Jonathan Hutchins
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 5:24 PM
> > > To: Kclug
> > > Subject: RE: mandrake
> > >
> > >
> > > On top of the various problems, there hasn't been any significant
> > > update to
> > > 8.1 since it came out in September.
> > >
> > > Then again, RedHat is still running 7.2.
> > >
> > > How recent is the latest Debian?  SuSE?
> > >
> > >
> > majordomo@kclug.org
> >
> >
> >
> > majordomo@kclug.org
> >
>